Jake Bauer

Issue 52
Fall 2024

Jake Bauer

Heroes

Once the maps were refolded, Thomas stood up, spun around, and licked the sky.

Plastic lizard figurine dunked frantically in the bath predicts the future.

Pastries inspired silence among the witnesses.

Long, informational social gathering.

Black leaves on the weeping willow, electric.

I wasn’t so much apologizing to the hands as imploring them to catch the Frisbee.

I wasn’t holding the night when Sam called to ask Are you holding the night?